Keep Your Grandkids Safe

Make sure medications are out of reach

Grandparents and their grandchildren have a special bond.

But when the kids are visiting, grandparents need to make sure their medications are safely out of reach and that that their prescription bottles have child-proof caps.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says a study by a hospital in Alabama found that more than one-third of pills swallowed by children involved their grandparents' prescription medications.

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